Khyber agency: IED explosion kills militia volunteer

LANDIKOTAL: An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by a roadside in Bukarh, Landikotal killed a peace militia volunteer of Tauheedul Islam (TI) and injured his colleague in the early hours of Tuesday. A paramilitary official Swalzar Khan said that at around 6:00am two peace volunteers of TI identified as Zarbaz and Saifur were travelling in a car when the IED exploded nearby.  Zarbaz died on the spot. Khan said that peace militia members shifted the injured to a hospital in Landikotal. A political administration official from Zakha Khel, Shahid Afridi, said that after the incident TI volunteers searched the area and arrested three suspects. Several clashes have occurred between banned militant groups over disputed territory and on sectarian issues in the region.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 21^st, 2012.